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On January 31 2019 01:10 The_Red_Viper wrote:
The most deserving player for the breakout award quite clearly is alphastar, only training for about 2 weeks and already able to beat mana, showcasing incredible micro-strategic decision-making, something no other player ever showcased to this lvl of perfection.
While they may have been played in late? December, the argument could be made that alphastar's games broadcasted in 2019. So maybe it'll be the breakout player this year.
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On January 31 2019 01:53 joshie0808 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2019 01:10 The_Red_Viper wrote:
The most deserving player for the breakout award quite clearly is alphastar, only training for about 2 weeks and already able to beat mana, showcasing incredible micro-strategic decision-making, something no other player ever showcased to this lvl of perfection.
While they may have been played in late? December, the argument could be made that alphastar's games broadcasted in 2019. So maybe it'll be the breakout player this year.
You have to pardon viper, he is still on Julian calendar as a true traditionalist
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Love the format, great article!
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Nice, always love the TL sc2 awards!
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Stats!!!
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On January 31 2019 01:10 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Breakout player of the year for reynor is completely ridiculous, i understand that the little italian is a fan favorite amongst the foreign scene at this point, on the one hand because he indeed had impressive results this year and he looks like the next big zerg star, on the other hand because he did all of this at a very young age and his personality is certainly endearing.
Though i still have to ask myself if there wouldn't be a way better choice and imo there absolutely is, there is a player who showcased incredible skill development this year at an even younger age, but either the TL writers are too zerg biased (zerg for both breakout and player of the year!) or the usual anti protoss perspective is at play again. The most deserving player for the breakout award quite clearly is alphastar, only training for about 2 weeks and already able to beat mana, showcasing incredible micro-strategic decision-making, something no other player ever showcased to this lvl of perfection.
Very disappointed in this biased TL choice, but certainly not too surprising...
11/10 got me goin
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Enjoyed the writeup a bunch esp making mizen write up rogue as the best zerg ahahaha
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Canada8988 Posts
A best game of the year list AND the TL awards!?
Last time we were so alive I got a warning for saying that Life seemed like an asshole.
Seriously tho thanks to everyone at TL
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Thanks for all the great content as usual...
...even if I got called a 'filthy neutral' ;(
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Bisutopia19152 Posts
Solid awards. I'm not against the GOTY being a ZvZ, but I watched the awarded one based on the other thread and I was actually disappointed. I thought there were at least 2 or 3 other ZvZ games that I found better in all aspects including weight of what it meant if that player won. The proposed GOTY was definitely lacking that singular aspect.
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Will GOTY 2019 be Mana beating AI as the last human to do so ever?
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It just struck me that TL released greatest HotS players list 3 years after HotS came out, now that LotV has been out for 3 years and it's not likely we're gonna get a new expansion maybe it's time for greatest LotV players list? Would be awesome to see a wrap-up of the last 3 years of SC2 esports anyway.
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Canada8988 Posts
On January 31 2019 03:29 yht9657 wrote:
It just struck me that TL released greatest HotS players list 3 years after HotS came out, now that LotV has been out for 3 years and it's not likely we're gonna get a new expansion maybe it's time for greatest LotV players list? Would be awesome to see a wrap-up of the last 3 years of SC2 esports anyway.
I feel like we need to see Serral, Maru and Stats next year to really have a grip on the game greats.
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On January 30 2019 23:22 Orlok wrote:Show nested quote +On January 30 2019 23:08 Toua wrote:
Ok just have to say that Stats won the first GSL Supertournament this year, so he did win a title and also Classic too Oof, my bad. I did kinda dismiss the super tournaments if only because they served more a filler for GSL downtime than anything else, but again my mistake. Will rectify this trend of lost facts moving into 2019!
No problem, I could not keep my self back as a Stats fan 
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Thank you for acknowledging Showtime's skill.
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Serral player of the year............. foreigner bias and recency bias are just too strong I guess.
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On January 31 2019 05:20 Charoisaur wrote:
Serral player of the year............. foreigner bias and recency bias are just too strong I guess.
It's actually the opposite, Code S bias is too strong.
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On January 31 2019 05:36 Xain0n wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2019 05:20 Charoisaur wrote:
Serral player of the year............. foreigner bias and recency bias are just too strong I guess. It's actually the opposite, Code S bias is too strong.
Give those guys an award
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I agree with most of the choices but I think Dark was most entertaining player and best foreign toss i think is still Neeb.
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On January 31 2019 05:36 Xain0n wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2019 05:20 Charoisaur wrote:
Serral player of the year............. foreigner bias and recency bias are just too strong I guess. It's actually the opposite, Code S bias is too strong.
not amongst TL staff apparently
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EPT
